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Halldór Laxness

Born on April 23, 1902

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Halldór Kiljan Laxness (Icelandic:; born Halldór Guðjónsson; 23 April 1902 – 8 February 1998) was an Icelandic writer and winner of the 1955 Nobel Prize in Literature. He wrote novels, poetry, newspaper articles, essays, plays, travelogues and short stories.

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